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Reduplication of kuli; knee; to kneel; to crouch or lie as an animal, with feet under the body (Nah. 24.9).

• Examples:
  • Noho kukuli, to sit on bended knees, with the feet stretched backwards, with the front of the toes down.
• Related:
  • hoʻokukuli Caus/sim.
• References:
  • PCP tu(u)tuli.

1. v., See kuli, the knee. To kneel; to bow the knee. Kin. 41:43. To kneel in reverence. Isa. 45:23. Kukuli hoomaikai, to kneel in prayer; to worship.

2. To crouch; to lie down, as a beast. Nah. 24:9.

3. Hookuli. To cause to kneel down, as a camel. Kin. 24:11. To stand on the knees.

1. s., The joint of the knee. See kuli.

2. An unpleasant sensation of the stomach produced by food.

n., The bone in front of the knee joint; the knee-pan.

n., An unpleasant sensation produced by food.

[Ku, stand, and kuli, the knee.]

1. v., To kneel; to bow the knee. To kneel in reverence: Kukuli hoomaikai, to kneel in prayer; to worship.

2. v., To crouch; to lie down, as a beast; to stand on the knees.

Unpleasant feeling in the stomach, as produced by food. (A.)

Kneepan, knee joint.

to kneel, crouch.